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Don't wait until the half to adjust, defense.

My commentary was on their head coach, not Stroud the player. Stroud wasn't available to rally the team, and that's when Ryans should have stepped in. I didn't see Ryans even talk to Stroud.

The Texans effectively left the stadium after the injury. I put that 100% on Ryans. Can't be Mr. Stoic in that moment, staring across the field, with your headset on.

All about as much rest as possible for the 30+ year old players. (I'd rather face the Ravens with a rested, relatively uninjured Daquan Jones.)

This is a game where in addition to Dewayne Carter, I'd give Zion Logue and/or Branson Deen playing time to see what they've got at DT. Need fresh legs at DT. I don't think Jones/Phillips/Jefferson provides much.

This Bills team is special.

Have always had a soft spot for the Cardinals and Vikings. Cardinals are one of the NFL's worst teams all-time. Vikings are better. Bills are almost to .500 as a franchise.

Most NFL teams can't dissect zone. The Ravens can via the run and the Texans and Rams can with their quick receivers. As others have said...if zone isn't working, they need to change immediately, not wait.

I was expecting Babich to adjust at the half. No answers on defense today.

Polar Express is a weird, unintentionally creepy movie. Bob Zemeckis got weird with age. It was the first movie where I had the opinion that all is not what it seems with Tom Hanks.

I think he will stay in broadcasting. I don't think any NFL team or Division 1 school is likely to hire a soon-to-be 73-year-old coach. NFL teams and colleges invest heavily in infrastructure around a head coach, with the expectation that it will remain in place for several years. At 73, concerns about health and the inevitable effects of aging arise. Why do I bring this up? I believe that if Wade Phillips were younger, he would have been an NFL head coach in recent years—especially considering the success he had with the Rams' SB defense. After that, you know what he did? He became the head coach of a UFL team, where he performed quite well, and that was it.

Some, to the positive. He's already the best Bills coach in the free agency era. I think he needs to get the Bills to a SB to be in a conversation about being the best Bills coach of all time. One thing that has changed positively IMO is this 2024 team is showing up to nearly every game. I thought the team took the Ravens game off, but otherwise, it has shown up. That *home* Cincy divisional game where the entire team appeared to rather be somewhere else has never sat well with me as a fan.

NBA Basketball. Just chucking 3s. Boring to watch.

No. The Jets (Johnson) would hire a firm to provide the entirety of the general manager and front office services. The Jets would not have separate front office personnel on their payroll like their own pro personnel executive, analytics, scouts, etc.

I won't be surprised to see this firm become the GM at the end of the process. I think that's the emerging trend - a firm running the FO, not just one executive. Why have one GM when you can have a group of GMs apply their experience and connections?